Buffalo township, Buchanan County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 560 (all rural)
| Males: 277 |  (49.5%) |
| Females: 283 |  (50.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 560 (453 owner occupied, 107 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Buffalo township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.7%
- Black: 1.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 2.7%
Median age of males: 36.0
Median age of females: 33.8
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Average household size: 2.72
| Buffalo township: | 2.7 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.24
| Buffalo township: | $56,528 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $476 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $124,756 (it was $76,200 in 2000)
| : | $124,756 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 15 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 27.4% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 8.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Aurora, Stanley.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Buffalo Grove (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Spangler Cemetery (1), Stanley Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: East Branch Buffalo Creek (A), West Branch Buffalo Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Buffalo township: Jakway Forest County Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
67% of Buffalo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 681
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 52
- South: 420
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 341
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 126
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Buffalo township with a mortgage: 58 (0 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 150
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Other direct selling establishments (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (22%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buffalo township:
- United States or American (14.3%)
- English (7.0%)
- African (4.9%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- Italian (1.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
- Dutch (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 308 (79%)
- Carpooled: 53 (14%)
- Walked: 20 (5%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Wood (2%)
98.9% of residents of Buffalo township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,178- In family households: 1,077 (227 male householders, 110 female householders)
198 spouses, 341 children (310 natural, 0 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 128 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 35 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 101 (47 male householders (42 living alone)), 35 female householders (26 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 136 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 11 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
134 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (8 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 27.3% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |